Home Depot's price of their 144-Tooth Ratchet Set (3-Piece) has dropped from $70 to $50
It may be store dependant so if it doesn't show up at that price at your local store try another. It's free shipping so doesn't matter where you get it from.
Update: This zipcode worked for me 02019 (Bellingham MA)
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Home Depot's price of their 144-Tooth Ratchet Set (3-Piece) has dropped from $70 to $50
It may be store dependant so if it doesn't show up at that price at your local store try another. It's free shipping so doesn't matter where you get it from.
Update: This zipcode worked for me 02019 (Bellingham MA)
Model: 144-Tooth Ratchet Set with EVA Tray (3-Piece)
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Purchased a set! I am a little concerned about the extreme number of teeth on the 1/2" ratchet. Only time I use a 1/2" ratchet is for torque purposes and that many teeth could result in failure that a standard 60 or 72 teeth 1/2" ratchet would handle fine. Lifetime warranty so I pulled the lever on these!
Purchased a set! I am a little concerned about the extreme number of teeth on the 1/2" ratchet. Only time I use a 1/2" ratchet is for torque purposes and that many teeth could result in failure that a standard 60 or 72 teeth 1/2" ratchet would handle fine. Lifetime warranty so I pulled the lever on these!
I would limit this to use where you need the small throw and use your larger-ratchet tools for high torque
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Purchased a set! I am a little concerned about the extreme number of teeth on the 1/2" ratchet. Only time I use a 1/2" ratchet is for torque purposes and that many teeth could result in failure that a standard 60 or 72 teeth 1/2" ratchet would handle fine. Lifetime warranty so I pulled the lever on these!
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I would limit this to use where you need the small throw and use your larger-ratchet tools for high torque
I'd use a breaker bar or impact wrench if it looks like high torque is going to be needed.
The last thing I want is for a ratchet, any ratchet, to strip it's gears while I'm applying a lot of force on it.
These have been on sale a few times and almost picked up a set in January where the package said made in Taiwan and not China. For those on the rack, the Husky plating was better than the very similar new GearWrench.
These are 72 tooth dual pawl and here is a video[youtube.com] of taking apart that is very similar to GearWrench's 60 tooth dual pawl. The Snap On type handle that many have copied, including Harbor Freight, is comfortable. The 1/2" ratchet is just 12" long, so you would probably have to work at breaking the teeth to test that lifetime warranty over their available longer ratchets.
I would limit this to use where you need the small throw and use your larger-ratchet tools for high torque
Thumbs up... yea, you might want to avoid using a cheater pipe on these.... lol ... Meanwhile, at just 12" for the 1/2" ratchet, most would need to down their spinach to break the teeth by just the handle.
All in, the 72 to 90 tooth with typically 16 teeth or so making contact with the thicker single pawl is the better all around ratchet for strength.... especially with the longer flex heads. But, they can all be broken if abused.
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True story from years ago, John owned a farm and had what I thought to be a mental giant named Clarence as a farm hand. As a kid, I wondered what happened to Clarence's neck, because his head started where his shoulders left off, but he was really a nice guy.
Anyway, they just had the valves ground on an old flat head Ford farm truck and reinstalling the head, John got everything started and told Clarence to tighten up all the head bolts with a picture for the sequence, as he had some errands to run and would final torque when he returned with the much longer torque wrench. Clarence asked how tight and John, in a hurry and not thinking this through, said as tight as he could get them by hand with the small 12" breaker bar. When John came back, Clarence had snapped every head bolt.
So, back to town for new head bolts and a gasket, the moral is to not underestimate the ability of some to break whatever. With tools we use a lot of, we do expect minimum standards, but a lot of people, probably the majority of people today don't have the intellect from experience.
Thumbs up... yea, you might want to avoid using a cheater pipe on these.... lol ... Meanwhile, at just 12" for the 1/2" ratchet, most would need to down their spinach to break the teeth by just the handle.
All in, the 72 to 90 tooth with typically 16 teeth or so making contact with the thicker single pawl is the better all around ratchet for strength.... especially with the longer flex heads. But, they can all be broken if abused.
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True story from years ago, John owned a farm and had what I thought to be a mental giant named Clarence as a farm hand. As a kid, I wondered what happened to Clarence's neck, because his head started where his shoulders left off, but he was really a nice guy.
Anyway, they just had the valves ground on an old flat head Ford farm truck and reinstalling the head, John got everything started and told Clarence to tighten up all the head bolts with a picture for the sequence, as he had some errands to run and would final torque when he returned with the much longer torque wrench. Clarence asked how tight and John, in a hurry and not thinking this through, said as tight as he could get them by hand with the small 12" breaker bar. When John came back, Clarence had snapped every head bolt.
So, back to town for new head bolts and a gasket, the moral is to not underestimate the ability of some to break whatever. With tools we use a lot of, we do expect minimum standards, but a lot of people, probably the majority of people today don't have the intellect from experience.
Was that a joke about his head being screwed on too tightly?
Was that a joke about his head being screwed on too tightly?
Nah, he was really easy going. He was almost naturally muscle bound.... the guy was huge with no concept of his own strength relative to everyone else. We used to use the term 'no neck' for the gym jocks until it was pointed out that no neck can be a genetic defect.
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The last thing I want is for a ratchet, any ratchet, to strip it's gears while I'm applying a lot of force on it.
These have been on sale a few times and almost picked up a set in January where the package said made in Taiwan and not China. For those on the rack, the Husky plating was better than the very similar new GearWrench.
These are 72 tooth dual pawl and here is a video [youtube.com] of taking apart that is very similar to GearWrench's 60 tooth dual pawl. The Snap On type handle that many have copied, including Harbor Freight, is comfortable. The 1/2" ratchet is just 12" long, so you would probably have to work at breaking the teeth to test that lifetime warranty over their available longer ratchets.
All in, the 72 to 90 tooth with typically 16 teeth or so making contact with the thicker single pawl is the better all around ratchet for strength.... especially with the longer flex heads. But, they can all be broken if abused.
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True story from years ago, John owned a farm and had what I thought to be a mental giant named Clarence as a farm hand. As a kid, I wondered what happened to Clarence's neck, because his head started where his shoulders left off, but he was really a nice guy.
Anyway, they just had the valves ground on an old flat head Ford farm truck and reinstalling the head, John got everything started and told Clarence to tighten up all the head bolts with a picture for the sequence, as he had some errands to run and would final torque when he returned with the much longer torque wrench. Clarence asked how tight and John, in a hurry and not thinking this through, said as tight as he could get them by hand with the small 12" breaker bar. When John came back, Clarence had snapped every head bolt.
So, back to town for new head bolts and a gasket, the moral is to not underestimate the ability of some to break whatever. With tools we use a lot of, we do expect minimum standards, but a lot of people, probably the majority of people today don't have the intellect from experience.
All in, the 72 to 90 tooth with typically 16 teeth or so making contact with the thicker single pawl is the better all around ratchet for strength.... especially with the longer flex heads. But, they can all be broken if abused.
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True story from years ago, John owned a farm and had what I thought to be a mental giant named Clarence as a farm hand. As a kid, I wondered what happened to Clarence's neck, because his head started where his shoulders left off, but he was really a nice guy.
Anyway, they just had the valves ground on an old flat head Ford farm truck and reinstalling the head, John got everything started and told Clarence to tighten up all the head bolts with a picture for the sequence, as he had some errands to run and would final torque when he returned with the much longer torque wrench. Clarence asked how tight and John, in a hurry and not thinking this through, said as tight as he could get them by hand with the small 12" breaker bar. When John came back, Clarence had snapped every head bolt.
So, back to town for new head bolts and a gasket, the moral is to not underestimate the ability of some to break whatever. With tools we use a lot of, we do expect minimum standards, but a lot of people, probably the majority of people today don't have the intellect from experience.
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